+ DAILY PRAYER +
Job Continues His Final Speech Then Job again took up his discourse and said, 2 “?As God lives?, he has removed my justice, and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter. 3 For ?as long as? my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nose, 4 my lips surely will not speak falseness, and my tongue surely will not utter deceit. 5 Far be it from me that ?I would say that you are right?;…
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Hear my prayer, O Lord; give ear to my pleas for mercy!
In your faithfulness answer me, in your righteousness!
Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and moan,
and he hears my voice.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you;
He will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Psalm 80:1-7
Psa 80:1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
you who lead Joseph like a flock.
You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
Psa 80:2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh,
stir up your might and come to save us!
Psa 80:3 Restore us, O God;
let your face shine, that we may be saved!
Psa 80:4 O LORD God of hosts,
how long will you be angry with your people’s prayers?
Psa 80:5 You have fed them with the bread of tears
and given them tears to drink in full measure.
Psa 80:6 You make us an object of contention for our neighbors,
and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psa 80:7 Restore us, O God of hosts;
let your face shine, that we may be saved!
Reading for Friday October 4th Job 27
Job Continues His Final Speech
27 Then Job again took up his discourse and said,
2 “?As God lives?, he has removed my justice,
and Shaddai has made my inner self bitter.
3 For ?as long as? my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God is in my nose,
4 my lips surely will not speak falseness,
and my tongue surely will not utter deceit.
5 Far be it from me that ?I would say that you are right?;
until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness.
6 I hold fast to my righteousness, and I will not let it go;
my heart will not blame any of my days.
7 “Let my enemy be like the wicked
and my opponent like the unrighteous,
8 for what is the hope of the godless when he cuts them off,
when God takes away his life?
9 Will God hear his cry of distress
when distress comes upon him?
10 Or, in Shaddai will he find delight?
Will he call upon God at all times?
11 “I will teach you about God’s hand;
I will not conceal that which is with Shaddai.
12 Look, you all have seen,
and ?why in the world? ?have you become altogether vain??
13 “This is the portion of the wicked human being with God,
and they receive from Shaddai the inheritance of the ruthless.
14 If their children multiply, it is for the sword,
and his offspring ?do not have enough to eat?.
15 Their survivors are buried through the plague,
and their widows do not weep.
16 If he heaps up silver like the dust
and fashions clothing like the clay,
17 he makes it ready, and the righteous will wear it,
and the innocent will divide the silver.
18 “He builds his house like the moth,
and like a booth that a watchman has made.
19 He goes to bed with wealth, but ?he will do so no more?;
he opens his eyes, and ?it is gone?.
20 Terrors overtake him like the water;
a storm wind carries him off in the night.
21 The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone,
and it sweeps him away from his place.
22 And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion;
he will quickly flee from its power.
23 It claps its hands over him,
and it hisses at him from its place.
Lord’s Prayer
Daily Prayer
O Lord, grant to Your faithful people pardon and peace that they may be cleansed from all their sins and serve You with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Concluding Prayer
Heavenly Father, send Your Holy Spirit into our hearts to direct and rule us to do Your will, to comfort us in all our afflictions, to defend us from all error, and to lead us into all truth; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
